(Textures) How do I make a repeated "scale" pattern just like the ender dragon's

[Kiljaeden053]

I have Gimp,Krita, and Photoshop. I'm not much of a texture guy so I would like to know how to do repeated textures. No one is crazy enough to texture the dragon's scales 1 by 1 correct? What specific tools id they use to achieve this effect with such perfection. Texture editing software usually have the same tools, so waht works with Krita probably works with photoshop.

Edited April 10, 2020 by Kiljaeden053

[QcDiablo]

You draw a few of them by yourself. After that copy/paste is your best friend.
In both Gimp and Photoshop you'll simply need to rectangle select what you need and literally press ctrl+c and ctrl+v, then place the result where you want. Remove the excess with the appropriate eraser tool. Should take you a few minutes but surely less than an hour.

[Cerandior]

If you want to apply it to a model, just set the UV coordinates of each part of your model to point to the same texture coordinates.

[Kiljaeden053]

3 hours ago, Cerandior said:

If you want to apply it to a model, just set the UV coordinates of each part of your model to point to the same texture coordinates.

Yes I understand this.

[TheGreyGhost]

In Photoshop and Gimp you can also do a pattern fill, i.e. you specify a pattern (small texture unit) that you want to fill an area with.

-TGG

[Kiljaeden053]

On 4/11/2020 at 4:46 PM, TheGreyGhost said:

In Photoshop and Gimp you can also do a pattern fill, i.e. you specify a pattern (small texture unit) that you want to fill an area with.

-TGG

Oh i saw that but that means  I have to download pattern files am I correct?

[TheGreyGhost]

Hi

You can either download patterns or create a pattern from part of your own image.

-TGG

[Kiljaeden053]

11 hours ago, TheGreyGhost said:

create a pattern from part of your own image.

This is what I'm completely missing. pattern fill in gimp tutorials just keep giving me the downloads or will separate the picture because it's too large.

[TheGreyGhost]

Hi

Did you try the instructions on this page?

https://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-concepts-patterns.html

-TGG

[Kiljaeden053]

12 hours ago, TheGreyGhost said:

Hi

Did you try the instructions on this page?

https://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-concepts-patterns.html

-TGG

Sorry I didn't